George brain



Patented Apr. ls, m99.V

E. BRAIN.

('Applitinn am nu. a1, 1899.)

(No Modal.)

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GEORGE BRAIN, OF FOREST OI'IY, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 623,201, dated .April 18, 1899.

Application filed January 3l, 1899. Serial No. 703.978. (No model.)

To all whom, it rita/y concern:

ings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to combs for use upon cats,dogs,or other animals which are infested with fleas and other vermin at certain seasons of the year.

The special object of myinvention is to kill the vermin before they have a chance to mak their escape.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of my comb as an entirety; Fig. 2, a vertical section showing the position of the plate with respect to its pivot, spring, and the handie; and Fig. 3 is @detail view ofthe side plates bent around'the front to form a backing for the comb.

In the drawings, A represents the handle, to which are secured the side plates B B, which are bent at right angles and toward each other to form a back for the comb C. The latter may be fastened in any suitable manner to this back and is preferably provided with the ine teeth a on one side and opposite thereto the coarse teeth a. Of course the coarse teeth are unnecessary in my comb, as the knots and kinks in the hair may be taken out with any coarse-toothed comb. Between the angle-plates B B, I make fast the cross-pivot d, on which the bottom eyes CZ d of the plate D may turn. On this pivot d is arranged a torsion-spring E, with one end resting on the handle A, while the other rests against the inside face of the plate D.

As the fine-tooth comb C is drawn through the hair of the animal the fleas or other Vermin are gathered together on the inside of the comb C and between the plates B B. The operator, who has held the plate D down on the handle with his finger or thumb, nowlets go the plate, which is carried by the-torsion. t.

spring with considerable force against the comb, thus crushing and killing the vermin which have been combed out. In practice it has been found to operate with great certainty and efficiency.

That I claim as new is- The handle A, angle-plates B B forming sides and back, comb C, pivoted cross-plate D and spring E arranged to force the plate-D against the comb C, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence oi two witnesses.

` GEORGE BRAIN. IVitnesses:

THOMAS BROWN, -JoHN PARKYN. 

